Patents Examined by Mary A. Davis
  • Patent number: 11767759
    Abstract: A pistonless rotary motor for air compressor includes a triangular rotor rotatably disposed in a rotor cavity of a housing. The housing further includes two opposite, radially spaced first grooves in the peripheral wall and two opposite, radially spaced second grooves in the peripheral wall. The first groove is proximate the intake and the second groove is proximate the exhaust. The first grooves are disposed at a top dead center of the rotor relative to the rotor cavity and configured to release air having a first pressure when the rotor revolves eccentrically. The second grooves are disposed the top dead center of the rotor relative to the rotor cavity when the rotor revolves eccentrically and configured to release air having a second pressure which is less than the first pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Hung-Chih Huang, Huang-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 11746786
    Abstract: A lubricant receptacle for a vacuum pump is provided. The lubricant receptacle comprises a lubricant reservoir, a lubricant separator and an exhaust. A first gas connection is provided between a gas outlet of the lubricant reservoir and a gas inlet of the lubricant separator. For connecting a gas inlet of the lubricant reservoir with the vacuum pump, a second gas connection is provided, while a first lubricant connection is provided for connecting a lubricant outlet of the lubricant reservoir with the vacuum pump. Further, another lubricant connection is provided between a lubricant outlet of the lubricant separator and the lubricant outlet of the lubricant reservoir and/or an additional lubricant connection for connecting the lubricant outlet of the lubricant separator with the vacuum pump is provided. At least one of the gas connections and one of the lubricant connections is selectively coupleable. Furthermore, a vacuum pump system having such a lubricant receptacle and a vacuum pump is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LEYBOLD FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventor: Patrick Fournier
  • Patent number: 11732584
    Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided that may include a cylinder having an inner circumferential surface with an annular shape to form a compression space; a roller having a plurality of vane slots disposed at predetermined intervals along an outer circumferential surface thereof, and rotatably inserted into the compression space of the cylinder; and a plurality of vanes slidably inserted into the respective vane slots to rotate together with the roller and by which the compression space is divided into a plurality of compression chambers. At least one of the vane slots is unequally spaced in a circumferential direction. Accordingly, periodicity of noise may be reduced to thereby increase the effect of noise reduction of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghun Lee, Seoungmin Kang, Seungmock Lee
  • Patent number: 11732715
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a screw compressor system having a compressor housing with a pair of screw rotors rotatably supported within a compression chamber. Lubricant is injected into a compression chamber at a first volume ratio and at a second volume ratio greater than the first volume ratio to increase the sealing and lubrication between the screw rotors and rotor bores in the compressor housing as well as to increase heat transfer from a compressed working fluid in the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Crum, Ryan Patrick Coleman, Nobin Cherian
  • Patent number: 11732716
    Abstract: A method of assembling a compressor system includes attaching at least two pulsation damper stages to a discharge port on a compressor, and attaching additional pulsation dampening stages if additional stages are desired. A compressor and discharge system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Lee G. Tetu
  • Patent number: 11725658
    Abstract: The present application provides a screw compressor that comprises a first male rotor and a second male rotor, each of the first male rotor and the second male rotor having convex-helical teeth, the first male rotor and the second male rotor being rigidly connected together; a first female rotor and a second female rotor, each of the first female rotor and the second female rotor having concave-helical teeth, the first female rotor being arranged separately from and opposite to each other; wherein the convex-helical teeth of the first male rotor are engaged with the concave-helical teeth of the first female rotor, and the convex-helical teeth of the second male rotor are engaged with the concave-helical teeth of the second female rotor. The male rotors in the screw compressor are symmetrically so that the axial force exerted on the first male rotor counteract with the axial force exerted on the second male rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: Johnson Controls Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventor: Haijun Li
  • Patent number: 11719242
    Abstract: A pump is described, including: a drive shaft including a rotor; a first housing part and a second housing part, between which a pump chamber is formed, in which the rotor is arranged; a rotary bearing via which the drive shaft is mounted on the first housing part such that it can rotate about its rotational axis; and a passage including a first opening and a second opening, wherein the rotary bearing is arranged between the pump chamber and the first opening, and the second opening of the passage emerges onto the side of the second housing part which faces away from the pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 11713759
    Abstract: Vane compressor comprising a stator, a rotor housed in the stator and provided with a body internally tangent to a side wall of the stator and with a plurality of vanes sliding in respective seats formed in the body of the rotor and pushed in a centrifugal direction to sealingly cooperate with the side wall of the stator, and a lubrication system comprising in combination one or more solid jet nozzles, arranged in the side wall of the stator to direct the solid jet towards the rotor, and at least one axial spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ING. ENEA MATTEI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giulio Contaldi, Stefano Murgia
  • Patent number: 11703049
    Abstract: A gerotor pump having an inner rotor and an outer rotor, which is also the rotor of an electric drive, having a housing and a flange which closes the housing with the motor compartment, the rotor being arranged on a shaft and sealing against the flange at a gap, wherein, in addition to the gap, there is at least one device with which at least a partial pressure compensation takes place between the suction region of the gerotor pump and the motor compartment of the gerotor pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hanon Systems Bad Homburg GmbH
    Inventors: Tilo Schaefer, Uwe Becker, Bernd Denfeld
  • Patent number: 11680564
    Abstract: An example crescent seal assembly comprises: an outer crescent of a gear pump; an inner crescent of the gear pump mating with the outer crescent such that an exterior peripheral surface of the inner crescent interfaces with an interior peripheral surface of the outer crescent, forming: (i) a spring cavity, (ii) a first check valve cavity, and (iii) a second check valve cavity therebetween; a spring disposed in the at least one spring cavity; a first check pin disposed in the first check valve cavity; and a second check pin disposed in the second check valve cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Satish Kumar Raju Kalidindi, Yu-Sen Chu
  • Patent number: 11674514
    Abstract: A compressor includes a drive shaft having a main shaft and an eccentric portion, and a compression mechanism having a fitted tubular portion into which a fitted shaft portion of the drive shaft is slidably fitted. The fitted shaft portion has first and second sliding surfaces formed as portions of an outer peripheral surface in the circumferential direction. The second sliding surface has a smaller axial width than the first sliding surface. A gap is adjacent to the second sliding surface into which a lubricating oil flows. An oil retainer is configured as a boundary portion between the first sliding surface and the gap to keep the lubricating oil in the gap from flowing out toward an end surface of the fitted shaft portion. The boundary portion has a central portion that protrudes further toward the first sliding surface than an end of the boundary portion in a lubricating oil flow-out direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Masuda
  • Patent number: 11644034
    Abstract: A compressor design includes a male rotor (10) having one or more helical lobes (12) and a female rotor (14) having one or more helical grooves (16). The male rotor is mounted on a first shaft and the female rotor is mounted on a second shaft. The male rotor is positioned in a first section of a chamber and the female rotor is positioned in a second section of the chamber. Fluid enters the chamber at an inlet, and when the rotors are driven, the lobes of the male rotor fit into the grooves of the female rotor, causing compression and movement of the fluid towards an outlet or discharge end where the compressed fluid is discharged. The configuration of the lobe and groove helix, the lobe and groove profile, and the outer diameter of the rotors can be varied in different combinations to form different rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Gardner Denver, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Gray, Taylor Stratman, Bernard Conley, Brent Ransdell, Daniel Peana
  • Patent number: 11644031
    Abstract: A vane pump includes: a rotor; vanes freely slidably received in the rotor; a cam ring having a cam face with which the vanes come into sliding contact; a side member having a sliding contact surface with which side surfaces of the rotor and the vanes come into sliding contact; pump chambers; and a discharge port configured to guide working fluid discharged from the pump chambers. The side member has a guide surface that is provided on an end portion side of the opening portion, the guide surface being configured to push the end portions of the vanes upward and guide them toward the sliding contact surface of the side member as the rotor is rotated in the reverse rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohmori, Tomoyuki Nakagawa, Masamichi Sugihara, Atsumi Takahashi, Satoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11639719
    Abstract: A pump body assembly, fluid machinery, and a heat exchange device. The pump body assembly includes: at least two structure members; a cylinder disposed between the two structure members; and a piston assembly disposed in the cylinder. The piston assembly includes a piston sleeve and a piston slidably disposed in the piston sleeve; an upper end surface of the piston sleeve fits and is limited by a lower end surface of one structure member disposed above the piston sleeve, to prevent the piston sleeve from displacing along a radial direction relative to the one structure member, and effectively solving a problem in prior art that working efficiency of the pump body assembly is affected because the piston sleeve of the pump body assembly is prone to eccentrically rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Yusheng Hu, Huijun Wei, Jia Xu, Zhongcheng Du, Sen Yang, Zhi Li, Liping Ren, Shebing Liang, Rongting Zhang, Zhengliang Shi, Xixing Liu, Pengkai Wan
  • Patent number: 11635076
    Abstract: An arrangement of a variable capacity vane pump for an automobile is provided that includes a pump housing having an outlet and inlet. A pump control ring is provided having a cavity. The control ring is positioned within the housing to move about a pivot. A vane pump rotor is positioned within the cavity of the pump control ring. A position of the pump control ring determines an offset between a center of the pump control ring cavity and an axis of rotation of the vane pump rotor. Vanes are provided that are driven by the rotor and which engage an interior surface of the pump control ring. The vanes and the engaged surface defining working fluid chambers. A first control chamber is provided. The first control chamber is exposed to a first side of the pivot between the pump housing and the outer surface of the pump control ring. The first control chamber is operable to receive pressurized fluid to create a force to move the pump control ring to reduce a volumetric capacity of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SLW Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis N. Koenig, Douglas G. Hunter, Fuzheng Hu, Matthew J. Jannausch
  • Patent number: 11635075
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for improving the performance, response, and durability of an electro-hydraulic active suspension system. The noise caused by hydraulic flow ripple is reduced and system response is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ClearMotion, Inc.
    Inventors: John Giarratana, William G. Near, Colin Patrick O'Shea, Tyson David Sawyer, Johannes Schneider, Clive Tucker, Richard Anthony Zuckerman, Zackary Martin Anderson, Marco Giovanardi, Jack A. Ekchian
  • Patent number: 11619133
    Abstract: A rotational engine system comprises a rotational engine and a propulsion system. The rotational engine includes an outer ring enclosure, an inner ring component, and a drive gear. The inner ring component includes a piston and a drive gear engagement portion. The piston is configured to travel within the outer ring enclosure along a circumference of the outer ring enclosure. The drive gear engagement portion is configured to rotate as the piston travels along the circumference of the circular shape of the outer ring enclosure. The drive gear is coupled to the drive gear engagement portion of the inner ring component such that rotation of the drive gear engagement portion rotationally drives the drive gear. The propulsion system is configured to deliver propulsive energy to propel the piston along the circumference of the outer ring enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Duplicent, LLC
    Inventor: Curren Emmett Krasnoff
  • Patent number: 11613995
    Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine has: a rotor; a housing circumscribing a rotor cavity, the rotor received within the rotor cavity, the housing having a peripheral wall and a side housing assembly secured to the peripheral wall, the side housing assembly having plates located at spaced apart ends of the peripheral wall, the plates defining seal running surfaces in sealing engagement with opposed end faces of the rotor, the plates made of silicon carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: David Gagnon-Martin, Bruno Villeneuve, Sebastien Bolduc, Jean-Philippe Simoneau, Jean-Gabriel Gauvreau, Johnny Vinski
  • Patent number: 11608827
    Abstract: Rotary positive displacement machines based on trochoidal geometry, that comprise a helical rotor that undergoes planetary motion within a helical stator are described. The rotor can have a hypotrochoidal cross-section, with the corresponding stator cavity profile being the outer envelope of the rotor as it undergoes planetary motion, or the stator cavity can have an epitrochoidal cross-section with the corresponding rotor profile being the inner envelope of the trochoid as it undergoes planetary motion. In some embodiments, the geometry is offset in a manner that provides structural and/or operational advantages in the rotary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rotoliptic Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Greg John Montie, Bryan Allen Callaway
  • Patent number: 11608828
    Abstract: A pump for supplying an assembly with a pressure fluid, the pump including: a pump housing including a circumferential wall, surrounding the pump's, a first end-face wall and a second end-face wall which delineate the delivery chamber at its end-face sides; a rotor, rotatable about an axis of rotation in the delivery chamber, for forming delivery cells; a pressure outlet which emerges on an outer end-face side of the first end-face wall facing away from the delivery chamber and through which pressure fluid can be discharged from the delivery chamber; an outlet gasket provided on the outer end-face side of the first end-face wall, for sealing off the pressure outlet; a holder in a holding engagement with the outlet gasket and which positions the circumferential wall and the end-face walls relative to each other and axially holds them together as a pre-fitted fitting unit by the holding engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Claus Welte